Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-11-06
velopment Of the volatile oil and the pc
culiar acid that gives aroma and favor.


TIE march of progress is shown by the
following statement: "It is now possible
10 construct complete sewing machine
in minute, or sixty in one hour; resp
er every fifteen minutes or less; 500
watches in 8 DAY, complete in all their
appointments. More important than this
even is the fact that it is possible to con-
struct locomotive in q day. From the
plans of draughtsman to the execution
Of them by the workmeD, every wheel
lever, valve and rod may be constructed,
from the metal TO the engine intact. Every
rivet may be driven in the boiler, every
tube in the tube sheets, and from the
smokestack to the ashpan, locomotive
may De turned out in working day, com
pletely equipped, ready to do the work OF
100 horses"
AN open gas fire radiator has just been
introduced in London. It consists OF fire
box with front and bars of pleasing de-
sign. The interior Of the fire space is
filed with coil Of pipes to serve as
boiler for heating the radiator on the
principle OF low-pressure circulation.
The coil is not seen, being covered with
asbestos. There are two flows and two
returns from this coil. The radiator Is
formed of top and bottom boxes, cast
and cored with a chamber throughout,
and holes to receive the upright columns.
vase is placed on the top for charging
with water. The gain here obtained is
equal to the exposed area OF the radiator,
plus the amount of heat extracted from
the interior of the FIRE. Chlmneys are
) dispensed with, only a small pipe to
; carry c f the fumes being necessary.
Boards as free from knots as possible,
of any desired width, and about three
eigntbs Of 81 inch thick. ere cut in di-
rection parallel with the fiber, preferably
from pine or FIR wood or from the softer
part Of larch, and are boiled in a solution
8 of sulphurous scid or bisulphite where
5 bV the disintegration Of the wood is
: effected. No chopping is required, and
! before boiling the wood is steamed st
2I2' E. for long time. After boiling the
: mass is partly dried on a wooden frame
3 md then passed through rollers having
= "deep ribs" in the direction Of their
0 length, the projections on one roller tit
ting in the corrugations of the other,
2 whereby the fbers will be separated from
each other, and may be combed In an ap-
Y paratus similar to that for cemblng lax,
s and spun in the same manner.
The process of welding invented by
y Mr.. De BepardCz of Russia is now ap-
e piled industrially by the society for the
: electrical working of metals. The pieces
/ 70 be welded are placed upon cast-iron
plate supported by an insulated table and
connected with the negative pole OF 6
n source Of electricity. The positive pole
n communicates with an electric carbon IN
! serted in an insulating handle. On draw
ing the point Of the carbon along the
edges CT the metal to be welded TIT
u operator closes the circuit. He has theL
8 merely to raise the point slightly to pro
d duce a voItaic arc whose high temperature
!, neIts the two pieces of metal and causes
q them to unite The intensity of the cur
IS rent naturally varies with the work to bt
: done. For regulating it battery O
1t accummUlstors is used, and the number
of the latter is increased or diminished
= as need be. This process of welding +.
t, largely employed in the manufacture o.
t. metallic tanks and reservoirs.
q writer in the Popular Science News
= gives the following remedy for poison
% oak: 81 have always been susceptible Il
y the poison of ivy and oak so as to give m'
ie CREST annoyance unless it is immediatel.
checked on it's first appearance. Thi
ts common washing soda sccomplishes 70
lg me II properly applied. l make the applI
a. cation by saturatipg slice CT Loaf brea'
If with water, then covering one surface
he with soda and applying TO the eruption
ut the soda next to the flesh. WheI
le the bread is dried by the anima
f. heat l drop the water on tn
b. outer side, so as to keep il thorough
is moistened, and dissolve the crystal sod
ty in contact with the skin. This you vii
q perceive is merely bread poultice-th
al bread being vehicle through who's
Is moisture the soda reaches the humoI
H. fad that washing or bathing with sod
10 water, even continuously, will not Sufic
o, with me-. My skin requires the heat Gn
le moisture Of the bread in order for tn
soda to act on and materialize the poison
~ rarely have need to retain this sod
n poultice for more than thirty minutes o.
at ahy affected part. No pain ensues. Fol-
~ merly I suffered often for weeks, IS tn
10 poison would spread all over my body
o Now thirty minutes measures the dura
70 ton of its exhibition"
ed It has long been known that all fabrics
ne even the most delicate gauzes and mus
Inns, may DE rendered uninfammaole b
=, chemical treatment. OF course they can
- not be made incombusrible, but they ca
" easily be SO prepared as to be ipcapabl
- of bursting ioto flames. Tae chemica
Ie agents employed act by checking an
~ modifying the destructive distillatio
IS which precedes what is properly know
~, ~ as en- il illumination. familiar e1smpl
~ Is afforded by phosphorus. Althoug
=" phosphorus itself is very irfammable,
is difficult to light wood of paper fror
OF it's flame becsuse the solid phos
c. phoric acid formed in the combustio
p coats and protects the article presente
to to il. The chemicals most com
x monty used for the purpose are alum
TT bnrsx, phosphate OF sods, salammonis
* and tungstate q soda. Alum act
ne ipiuriousIy on the fabrics, especially
is coiored, but the others are comment
OF harmless, and most Of them are CHEAP
be Tungstste of soda is the best. Use
singly It is apt to become insoluble In
e- to rub of, but this risk can be diminishe
in by the addition of about 3 per cent. {
e. phosphate of soda. After the ordinar
IT, washing the goods should be immerse
ii before Wringing ard drying in q solutio
On containing 20 per cent. of tungstate, wit
10 q proportionste quantity Of phosphate
n In view of the recent terrible disaster
a. and of many preceding ones, it woul
a. surely not be too much to insist that &
IS dresses, hangings. side scenes. and tn
~ | La u1orn or mood GnOUl